Road-clearer.



J. w. AnY.

RADCLEARER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. IB, 19,19.

Patented Deo. 30,1919.'

' ZSHEETS-#SHEETZ JOSEPH W. Any, oF COLORADO srRINGs, COLORADO.

ROAD-CLEARER:

To all 'whom t 'may con/cem:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W ADY, citi- .zen of the United States,residing at (lolorado Springs, inJ the county of El Paso and State of.Colorado, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements inRoad-Clearers, Of'which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain .new and useful improvements inroad clear' ersV and especially to electro-magnetic road clearers bywhich bits or partlcies of metal may be removed from road-ways, and ithas at a-suitable point.

for its primary aim tO provide a device of the above character and 1nthe nature' of an attachment for vehicles which device will operateefficiently in picking up pieces of metal from the road and depositingthe same The invention furtherresides in the salient features ofconstruction, arrangementsy and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed, thepreferred embodiment being illustrated by theaccompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate'corresponding parts andwherein;

Figure l shows, in fragment, a plan of the invention-applied to thechassis ofa '1.1'ehicle;

Fig. 2 is a. vertical section thereof; and Fig. 3 depicts the inventionin front elevation as practically applied.

More in detail the invention comprises a rectangular frame l secured tothe side bars of the chassis to depend therefrom, said frame 1consisting principally of vertical corner posts 3, upper connecting`bars 4 and intermediate side frame members 5, which latter are joined toeach other by a series of parallel transverse supports 6.

From the center of Veach transverse support G depends an electro-magnetsupport 7 carrying on its lower end one of a series of clectrom'agnctsS. The core of each electroinagnet passes through .a non-conductingplate 9, which is preferably of rectangular formation and forms with theother plates i) a substantially continuous *electro-mag? nctic supportfora belt 10 to travel-under.

The belt 10, aside from receiving support from the non-conductingplates, takes over a drive pulley ll, mounted in bearings l2 on theunder side and at one end of the upper bars 4, au idler pulley 13,mounted in bearings 1l4 similarly disposed at the opposite ends of thebars 4, and a second idler` Specca-tionof letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 3o, 1919.

Application-filed prl 18, 1919. Serial No. 291,175. i

pulley I15 'journaled in bearings 16 arranged at the lower end of thecorner posts 3.

Sp'aced strips or guides 17 are supported on the lower ends of thecorner posts 3 and constitute means for maintaining the belt, duringtravel, in proximity to the plates 9 andthereby eliminate practically-all sagging ofthe belt. 0n the outside surface of the belt are.provided parallel cross strips 18 which serve axlual function instiifening and thereby holding the belt on the guides 17 and also inpreventing any metal attractby the magnets 8 from adhering to the latterwhile the belt l0 ismoving and slip ping by.

- One end of the series of magnets is deflected upwardly toward thedriving pulley 12, the corner magnets having their non-conducting plates9 curved, as at 9', to provide .an even and gradual curved magneticsurface under which the belt 10 travels.

A receptacle 19 is supported by the guides 17 and adjacent corner posts3 underneath the upwardly directed end of the magnetic series whichlatter terminatesover the receptacle and, consequently, permits of themetallic particles picked up from the roadA to drop from the belt'intosaid receptacle.

` this arrangement, almost the entire series of magnets are positionedto pick up particles from the road, and owing to the angular terminal ofthe series, said' particles are carried upwardly over the receptacle beofore being released. v

In operation, the magnets are energized by any suitable means (notshown) and the belt driven from the aXlevQO` connected to the drivepulley 12 by bevel gearing 2l. As

`the vehicle moves over the road, the magnets 8 will attract any metalparticles to the belt l0 which carries them over the receptacle 19 fordeposition therein. From time to time, the receptacle may be emptied, asis obvious. Y

Having now described this invention and explained `its mode ofoperation, whatl ll claim iszl. An apparatus of the character de scribedcomprising, in combination with the frame and axle of a vehicle, of a'clearer frame depending from the first frame and consisting of verticalcorner posts, upper connectin bars, side frame members con-v' necting`tile posts, transverse supports conf necting the side frame members,magnetic LME , support,

means depending from the transverse -su port, ,an endless lbelt passingbeneath tg magnetic means, a drive pulley mounted on upper connectingbars and supporting the belt, a driving connection between the pulleyand axle, cross strips on the outer surface of the belt, spaced beltguidesvsu-pportedby the corner posts-and holding the belt in proximityto the magneticmeans,V and a collection receptacle mounted'beneaththemagnetic means. l

2. In a road clearer, aI supporting frame,

i, spaced pulleys journaled thereon, a serles of Adepending magnetsupports 'carried by the frame, a downwardly facing magnet on each a nonconducting plate on each magnet forming with the other plates aLantially continuous support one endpor-,` l, a of which is deflectedtoward one of the pimeys,`a1id an endless belt supported and guided` bythe support of plates and taking over the pulleys.l y

lfaces, a belt taking un magnets, means for transmitting power from asupporting frame, a seriesof. magnets a1'- ranged between the wheels in.a row transof the'series, a driving pul ey over which the belt takes,and, ali-'operative drlve connection between the pulley-and gear,

4. In a road clearer, the combination with a wheeled road vehicle, of aseries of magnets having downwardl' er the faces of the the movingvehicle to said belt, guides for l tlreJ edge portions of the belt, andav plurality of crossstrips'on the under sideY of the belt eachextending substantially across the space between the guides to maintainthe belt flat. I-n testimony whereof I ailixmy signature.

JOSEPH WQ A DY.- y

.. verse to the direction of travel, an endless i belt guided across'the magnets longitudinall ldirected magnetic

